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A bit about myself: I believe the 1% that matters is the 1% who tip us from greed to benevolence
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By a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS lets Trump fire the Dem members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who are protected against removal by statute.
Dissenting, Kagan says the majority is undertaking a “permanent transfer of authority” from Congress to the president.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Dissenting, Kagan says the majority is undertaking a “permanent transfer of authority” from Congress to the president.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
July 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
By a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS lets Trump fire the Dem members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who are protected against removal by statute.
Dissenting, Kagan says the majority is undertaking a “permanent transfer of authority” from Congress to the president.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Dissenting, Kagan says the majority is undertaking a “permanent transfer of authority” from Congress to the president.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Who voted for this?
Cuts now hitting cancer research www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t... By @angusrohan.bsky.social and @jasonmast.bsky.social
Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax
Trump cuts are hitting the National Cancer Institute, affecting a hotline for patients, cancer.gov, advisory panels, clinical trial recruitment.
www.statnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Who voted for this?
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New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement.
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
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Rolling Stone continues to teach a masterclass in headline writing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Rolling Stone continues to teach a masterclass in headline writing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Yes, much like the 9/11 terrorists were only at war with our landmarks, not America
Does _anyone_ in the Trump administration hear how deranged they sound?
Does _anyone_ in the Trump administration hear how deranged they sound?
June 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Yes, much like the 9/11 terrorists were only at war with our landmarks, not America
Does _anyone_ in the Trump administration hear how deranged they sound?
Does _anyone_ in the Trump administration hear how deranged they sound?
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Vance goes on TV this morning and says it’s not about regime change. Then his boys Trump and Lindsey pissed all over him.
June 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Vance goes on TV this morning and says it’s not about regime change. Then his boys Trump and Lindsey pissed all over him.
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ENTEN: “.. Polling shows that Trump's lost the political battle over the LA protests, even as immigration had been his best issue.”
@cnn.com
@cnn.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ENTEN: “.. Polling shows that Trump's lost the political battle over the LA protests, even as immigration had been his best issue.”
@cnn.com
@cnn.com
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So he raised the tariffs, paused that raise, paused that pause, then paused that pause of the pause. And no-one knows if it'll be paused again (and if such a pause will be unpaused) or what happens when (or if) the pause whose pause was paused concludes.
A brief history of US tariffs on the EU...
Recent decades: Mostly low and stable
April 2: 20%
April 9: 10% during a 90 day pause
May 23 (day 44 of the pause): 50% from June 1
May 25: Back to 10%, reinstating the original pause
July 9 (end of 90 day pause): ???
Inauguration Day, 2029: ???
Recent decades: Mostly low and stable
April 2: 20%
April 9: 10% during a 90 day pause
May 23 (day 44 of the pause): 50% from June 1
May 25: Back to 10%, reinstating the original pause
July 9 (end of 90 day pause): ???
Inauguration Day, 2029: ???
May 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
So he raised the tariffs, paused that raise, paused that pause, then paused that pause of the pause. And no-one knows if it'll be paused again (and if such a pause will be unpaused) or what happens when (or if) the pause whose pause was paused concludes.
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Read the transcript of the brilliant Mishal Husain’s interview with Elon Musk & see just how annoyed he gets at very simple & basic questions & how he childishly lashes out, & also ask yourself why US media interviewers can’t do interviews like this.
Elon Musk on Political Spending: ‘I Think I’ve Done Enough’
At the Qatar Economic Forum, Elon Musk and Mishal Husain talk about the Tesla backlash, AI regulation and DOGE’s success rate.
www.bloomberg.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Read the transcript of the brilliant Mishal Husain’s interview with Elon Musk & see just how annoyed he gets at very simple & basic questions & how he childishly lashes out, & also ask yourself why US media interviewers can’t do interviews like this.
My FB account was shut down for an hour when I shared this link in FB messenger
It doesn’t shed a positive light on FACEBOOK folks
AT ALL, and her report includes documentation
Not sure that’s Y my account was locked for only the 2nd moment since I opened it in 2008/9
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
It doesn’t shed a positive light on FACEBOOK folks
AT ALL, and her report includes documentation
Not sure that’s Y my account was locked for only the 2nd moment since I opened it in 2008/9
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
Facebook whistleblower, ‘Careless People’ author says company’s arbitration demand is keeping her from speaking to Congress | CNN Business
Former Facebook executive-turned-whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams wants out of a court order that’s blocking her from speaking to lawmakers about her experiences at the company and her new book, acco...
amp.cnn.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My FB account was shut down for an hour when I shared this link in FB messenger
It doesn’t shed a positive light on FACEBOOK folks
AT ALL, and her report includes documentation
Not sure that’s Y my account was locked for only the 2nd moment since I opened it in 2008/9
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
It doesn’t shed a positive light on FACEBOOK folks
AT ALL, and her report includes documentation
Not sure that’s Y my account was locked for only the 2nd moment since I opened it in 2008/9
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
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For those of us who grew up in the Reagan 80s, when the spectres of Stalin, Mao & Castro were invoked as terms of harshest condemnation by the GOP, it is almost unimaginably disorienting to find ourselves in a right-wing dystopia led by people who apparently view Stalin, Mao & Castro as role models.
March 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
For those of us who grew up in the Reagan 80s, when the spectres of Stalin, Mao & Castro were invoked as terms of harshest condemnation by the GOP, it is almost unimaginably disorienting to find ourselves in a right-wing dystopia led by people who apparently view Stalin, Mao & Castro as role models.
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Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
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We need to be clear that Trump and Musk are not reducing the size of the US government, or making it more efficient.
They are destroying it.
They are destroying it.
February 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We need to be clear that Trump and Musk are not reducing the size of the US government, or making it more efficient.
They are destroying it.
They are destroying it.
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Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
I dissent. About which thing, you ask? Pretty much all of the past 14 days. I dissent.
February 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I dissent. About which thing, you ask? Pretty much all of the past 14 days. I dissent.
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Darren Beattie, the new head of public diplomacy at State, spent January 6 telling various black people — including Tim Scott — to “learn their place” and “take a knee to MAGA”
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
February 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Darren Beattie, the new head of public diplomacy at State, spent January 6 telling various black people — including Tim Scott — to “learn their place” and “take a knee to MAGA”
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...
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"Trump’s rapid assault on the international aid system is quickly becoming the most consequential and far-reaching shift in U.S. humanitarian policy since the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, aid groups and government officials warned."
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Trump’s rapid assault on the international aid system is quickly becoming the most consequential and far-reaching shift in U.S. humanitarian policy since the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, aid groups and government officials warned."
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
So let me get this straight- the administration lies about faked crimes (see John Oliver episode youtu.be/axsgzg3RyF0?...) but has released 1500 people including those who truly beat, maced, kicked, and repeatedly tazed law enforcement officers & some who smeared feces and urine inside the capital
RNC & ”Migrant Crime”: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
So let me get this straight- the administration lies about faked crimes (see John Oliver episode youtu.be/axsgzg3RyF0?...) but has released 1500 people including those who truly beat, maced, kicked, and repeatedly tazed law enforcement officers & some who smeared feces and urine inside the capital
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
The techbroligarchy has begun
January 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The techbroligarchy has begun
National Lampoon's Animal House | Bluto's Speech
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
m.youtube.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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To whom are you beholden?
January 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
To whom are you beholden?